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Statutes > Rhode-island > Title-12 > Chapter-12-6 > 12-6-5SECTION 12-6-5
§ 12-6-5 Recognizance not required onofficial complaints. – Whenever any agent of the children's friend and service shall make complaintagainst any person for any of the offenses mentioned in §§ 11-9-1– 11-9-8; or whenever any agent of the Rhode Island society for theprevention of cruelty to animals shall make any complaint against any personfor any of the offenses mentioned in chapter 1 of title 4; or whenever thedirector of public welfare of any city or town shall make complaint against anyperson for the violation of any of the provisions contained in chapter 8 oftitle 15; or whenever the director or an agent of the department of labor andtraining, specifically designated for the purpose, shall make a complaintagainst any person for any of the offenses mentioned in chapters 3, 12, 14 andchapters 29 – 38 of title 28; or whenever the director or an agent of thedepartment of human services, duly appointed for that purpose, or the directorof any state institution appointed by the director of human services, or thesuperintendent of the Rhode Island training school for youth, or the warden ofthe adult correctional institutions shall make complaint against any personunder any law governing the state department of human services, that director,agent, or officer shall not be required to enter into recognizance for costs.
